European Commission head Juncker at a business forum in Russia said he had “a strong preference for pipelines that unite than pipelines that divide”, alluding to the Nord Stream II Russia-Germany pipeline which some EU countries oppose. He said the EU was ready to discuss better Russia relations, but that Russia must respect the Minsk...

The guests of honor at the forum will be second president of Ukraine Leonid Kuchma, State Secretary of the Union State Grigory Rapota, head of the Communist Parry faction in Russia’s State Duma Gennady Zyuganov. …read more Source:...

Turkey has unilaterally suspended the migrant readmission agreement with Bulgaria, media sources say. Ankara has already informed Bulgaria’s ministries of interior and foreign affairs about the move which was personally ordered by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, according to daily 24 Chasa. The Turkish Embassy has meanwhile said Ankara has...

“The meeting is in progress. Minsk has repeatedly hosted the talks on the ways to settle the conflict in Ukraine in various formats,” said spokesman for the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. …read more Source:...

Turkey has unilaterally suspended the migrant readmission agreement with Bulgaria, media sources say. Ankara has already informed Bulgaria’s ministries of interior and foreign affairs about the move which was personally ordered by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, according to daily 24 Chasa. Several national news outlets quote government...

Russia is trying to expand its sphere of influence by military means, and NATO’s deployment of up to 4,000 multinational troops in the Baltic states and Poland “is an appropriate response” to the country’s “aggressive actions,” NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg told German tabloid Bild in an interview published Thursday. “We...

The U.K. voting Leave in the EU referendum June 23 would “shake the union,” German Foreign Affairs Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier warned Wednesday, the BBC reports. “It would not just carry on as 28 [countries] minus one,” Steinmeier said at a joint press conference in Brandenburg with French Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault. “It...

Romanian President Klaus Iohannis has tabled to Bulgaria a proposal to create a joint Black Sea fleet to counter Russia, reiterating an earlier offer by authorities, daily 24 reports, citing government sources.”This is an attempt at involving Bulgaria in another conflict. Nothing requires that additional troops should be deployed to the...